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i'm bret baier. former president bill clinton's surprise trip to north korea has resulted in the pardon of two journalists convicted of crimes against the communist nation. laura ling and union that ling had -- and euna lee had been sentenced to ten years of hard labor. instead, they are expected to get a ride home with bill clinton in comfort. >> u.s. officials said the plan to have former president bill clinton secure the release of the two american journalists was negotiated before he landed, and at the airport, he was greeted by north korea's top leaders, including its lead nuclear negotiator, but the white house insisted this was a private visit by the former president, and that he was not carrying any message from president obama. >> our focus right now is in insuring that the safety of two journalists that are in north korea right now. thaw is not how north korea's state-unnews agency characterized the visit, which included a dinner meeting with kim jung il. at the meeting place, bill clinton
i'm bret baier. former president bill clinton's surprise trip to north korea has resulted in the pardon of two journalists convicted of crimes against the communist nation. laura ling and union that ling had -- and euna lee had been sentenced to ten years of hard labor. instead, they are expected to get a ride home with bill clinton in comfort. >> u.s. officials said the plan to have former president bill clinton secure the release of the two american journalists was negotiated before he...
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bret: finally, it seems hillary clinton cannot catch a break. earlier this month, it appeared she was being upstaged by her husband, former president bill clinton, as he took the spotlight traveling to north korea and returning with two american journalists. analysts guessed that that, plus a tiresome travel schedule, contributed to secretary clinton becoming visibly irritated when a university student at a town hall of and asked what her husband thought of an international financial matter. it seems another bill is causing problems and stealing part of her vacation. the former president and secretary of state traveled to berlin of for a getaway and now hurricane bill is pelting the island with heavy winds and rains that have forced the clintons to cut their vacation short. charlie cook has a chilling forecast for democrats. he says in a special update to his newsletter that democrats could lose more than 20 seats in next year's congressional elections. he writes -- bret: the health care reform debate is factoring in to many reelection bids and
bret: finally, it seems hillary clinton cannot catch a break. earlier this month, it appeared she was being upstaged by her husband, former president bill clinton, as he took the spotlight traveling to north korea and returning with two american journalists. analysts guessed that that, plus a tiresome travel schedule, contributed to secretary clinton becoming visibly irritated when a university student at a town hall of and asked what her husband thought of an international financial matter. it...
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bret. bret: molly, thank you. of all the stumbling blocks to healthcare reform, there may be none more polarizing than abortion. correspondent james rosen reports on the problems facing lawmakers trying to please two very different constituencies. >> perhaps the most contentious issue in american politics over the past 35 years, abortion now threatens to divide senators grasping for a bipartisan compromise on healthcare reform ax key senate negotiator said wednesday lawmakers are trying to steer a middle course. >> there are ongoing discussions with pro life and pro choice groups getting their input, and so that that they are not prepared to reach a conclusion. >> the state court legalized abortions in roe vs. wade in 1973. subsequent statutes have largely prohibited federal funds from being used to subsidize abortions which are covered in most privately sponsored health employee plans. the issue flared up last week when members of the commerce committee debated their compromise package. >> by voting for this amen
bret. bret: molly, thank you. of all the stumbling blocks to healthcare reform, there may be none more polarizing than abortion. correspondent james rosen reports on the problems facing lawmakers trying to please two very different constituencies. >> perhaps the most contentious issue in american politics over the past 35 years, abortion now threatens to divide senators grasping for a bipartisan compromise on healthcare reform ax key senate negotiator said wednesday lawmakers are trying...
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bret: thanks, brit. one day after making the rounds on the sunday talk shows, president obama was back out on the road, stumping again for healthcare reform. senior white house correspondent major garrett reports on the latest refinement in the president's sales pitch. >> with americans more worried about job creation than metal care reform, president obama tried to make the economic case for national health insurance. >> healthcare costs, they leave our small businesses at a disadvantage when competing with our large businesses and they leave our large businesses at a disadvantage when competing around the world. >> the senate finance committee outlined new tacts on individuals who buy the insurance under a new plan. the consequence for not maintaining insurance would be an excise tax, page 29 of the committee document. the excise tax would be assessed through the tax code an applied as an additional amount of federal tax owed. mr. obama, in the feistiest exchange of his five-show sunday talk show extra
bret: thanks, brit. one day after making the rounds on the sunday talk shows, president obama was back out on the road, stumping again for healthcare reform. senior white house correspondent major garrett reports on the latest refinement in the president's sales pitch. >> with americans more worried about job creation than metal care reform, president obama tried to make the economic case for national health insurance. >> healthcare costs, they leave our small businesses at a...
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bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you. on a happier note, this is the 234th anniversary of the founding of the marine corps. the force known then as the continental marines was formed on november 10, 1775. there are several commemorative events held today around the country o.t. all marines out there, thank you for your service and happy anniversary. checking world headlines now, a car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern pakistan today. at least 24 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. it is the third blast in as many days in or near the regional capital of peshwar. south korea says one of its navy vessels damaged a north korean ship that crossed into its territorial waters. north korea says the opposite, that the south korean ship strayed into its waters and was chased off by a northern vessel. this skirmish occurred as president obama announced he will dispatch a top diplomat to north korea for direct talks with that government. special representative for north korea, steven bosworth, will try
bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you. on a happier note, this is the 234th anniversary of the founding of the marine corps. the force known then as the continental marines was formed on november 10, 1775. there are several commemorative events held today around the country o.t. all marines out there, thank you for your service and happy anniversary. checking world headlines now, a car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern pakistan today. at least 24 people...
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bret. bret: shannon bream live on the hill. bill clinton goes to north korea and wins the release of two american journalists. the fox all-stars give us their take on that trip, next. havin' a cuppa tea. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big. gecko vo: 'course, geckos don't literally sweat... it's just not our thing... gecko vo: ...but i do work hard, mind you. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people. >> obviously bringing a former president to north korea is a lifeline of legitimacy for kim jong il's regime an other rogue states are watching this carefully, i think to our detriment. bret: well, maybe so, but we expect in the next two to three hours former president clinton's plane to leave north korea with laura ling and euna lee, expected to leave with the former president on this scheduled f
bret. bret: shannon bream live on the hill. bill clinton goes to north korea and wins the release of two american journalists. the fox all-stars give us their take on that trip, next. havin' a cuppa tea. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big. gecko vo: 'course, geckos don't literally sweat... it's just not our thing... gecko vo: ...but i do work hard, mind you. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or...
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bret. bret: counting heads over there. >> yes, you better believe t bret: thanks, jim. the administration's pay czar says his powers should not extend beyond the 7 big companies that received huge government bailouts. kenneth feinberg told a house committee today that the standards he used in deciding to cut compensation for selling executives at those firms should guide the broader marketplace. senate leaders from both parties say there is support for extending a tax credit for first-time home buyers. the $8,000 credit is due to expire at the end of next month. sales of new homes dopped unexpectedly last month to 3.6% decline being the first since march. orders to factories for big-ticket items rose 1 point in september, the biggest jump in 18 months. stocks were down today. the dow lost 119 1/2 and the s&p 500 dropped 20 3/4 and nasdaq fell 56 1/2. a problem region for the world and america gets even more violent. in three minutes we will have updates on today's attacks in afghanistan and pakistan, and a look at what could be the station's next moves. boss:hey, glad i
bret. bret: counting heads over there. >> yes, you better believe t bret: thanks, jim. the administration's pay czar says his powers should not extend beyond the 7 big companies that received huge government bailouts. kenneth feinberg told a house committee today that the standards he used in deciding to cut compensation for selling executives at those firms should guide the broader marketplace. senate leaders from both parties say there is support for extending a tax credit for...
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bret. bret: catherine, thank you. >> you're welcome. bret: the chinese government has imposed a curfew in the provincial capital following more violence there today. mobs of chinese with meat cleavers and clubs roamed the streets looking for muslim uighurs who had beaten up others earlier. rioting broke out in the region sunday leaving at least 156 people dead. the president of the costa rica will serve as an international mead ater in the honduran presidential dispute. secretary of state hillary clinton made the announcement today of following a meeting wih ousted president zelaya in washington. zelaya is not a favor its of the u.s. but despite that, clinton says the u.s. supports the restoration of democratic order in the country. >> we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not. bret: the pez will be in italy wednesday for the g8 summit. one unusual aspect of this story is that the owe occasion of this meet something a story in and of itself. corresponden
bret. bret: catherine, thank you. >> you're welcome. bret: the chinese government has imposed a curfew in the provincial capital following more violence there today. mobs of chinese with meat cleavers and clubs roamed the streets looking for muslim uighurs who had beaten up others earlier. rioting broke out in the region sunday leaving at least 156 people dead. the president of the costa rica will serve as an international mead ater in the honduran presidential dispute. secretary of state...
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i'm bret bret baier. this is a fox news alert. we have new information tonight about the man now charged with the massacre at fort hood. plus, nidal hasan's connections to overseas jihadists plus details about all the charges he now faces. tonight there is word that president obama has ordered an inventory of all intelligence files on major hasan and how they were handled. catherine herridge updates this investigation. >> a week after the shooting, the wheels of justice are moving forward. >> u.s. army major nidal malik hasan, a 39-year-old psychiatrist assigned to darnell medical center here at fort hood is charged with 13 specifications of pre-mediated murder. >> without taking questions, the military briefer laid out the facts as investigators know them. >> we still believe there was only one gunman at the scene. >> the crime scene, including the are readiness center, including four adjacent buildings and parking lots is described as massive and complex. >> experts have been working to reconstruct and analyze all evidence chegh
i'm bret bret baier. this is a fox news alert. we have new information tonight about the man now charged with the massacre at fort hood. plus, nidal hasan's connections to overseas jihadists plus details about all the charges he now faces. tonight there is word that president obama has ordered an inventory of all intelligence files on major hasan and how they were handled. catherine herridge updates this investigation. >> a week after the shooting, the wheels of justice are moving...
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bret: amazing. the man fired by president obama from his job as inspector general of the corporation for national community service is suing to get his job back. he says the president's action was unlawful because it violated congressionally enacted projections for inspectors general in order to prevent interference. the taxpayers really for over more than $1 million for two pounds of ham? we report, you decide. and an american military commanders as american forces are acting as if they are under house arrest. but with my schedule, getting everything i need from food alone... is almost impossible. that's why i love new fiberchoice plus antioxidants. with the natural fiber and protective antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables, all in a delicious berry-pomegranate flavor. to feel my best... every day. new fiberchoice plus antioxidants. available in the fiber section. geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. wher
bret: amazing. the man fired by president obama from his job as inspector general of the corporation for national community service is suing to get his job back. he says the president's action was unlawful because it violated congressionally enacted projections for inspectors general in order to prevent interference. the taxpayers really for over more than $1 million for two pounds of ham? we report, you decide. and an american military commanders as american forces are acting as if they are...
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bret. bret: we will be following it every step of the way. shannon bream live on capitol hill. we want to give you a feel for where we are in all of this. let's look at what is on the table in both the house and the senate. here is chief political correspondent carl cameron. >> in the house, two committees, the tax writing ways and means committee and the education and labor committee have both passed separate versions of healthcare reform. both have a public option for government-run insurance. the non-partisan congressional budget office says the ways and means version would total more than $1 trillion over a decade, raise taxes and add to the federal deficit. the only thing bipartisan in the house is the opposition. six democrats and the two committees joined all the republicans voting against both bills. the third house committee, energy and commerce, has ground to a halt because of democratic opposition. the conservative blue dogs' stalemate in energy and commerce effectively stalled t
bret. bret: we will be following it every step of the way. shannon bream live on capitol hill. we want to give you a feel for where we are in all of this. let's look at what is on the table in both the house and the senate. here is chief political correspondent carl cameron. >> in the house, two committees, the tax writing ways and means committee and the education and labor committee have both passed separate versions of healthcare reform. both have a public option for government-run...
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bret. bret: carl, thanks. we will break down now a couple of specific issues inside this bill for further study. wendell goler looks at two hot button topics, taxes and abortion. >> the gore shon language in the new senate health reform plan is being called a waterloo for pro-life members who don't believe it avoids federal funding of abortion. >> citizens get charged a premium that includes abortion coverage that taxpayers pay a pers he percent of the premium, who can determine what dollar went here or what dollar went there? >> democrat ben nelson is threatening to filibuster the bill, which offers abortions paid for with private money in the public option and subsidized plans t took bans on both in the house bool to get pro-life democrats to sign on but president obama told major garrett that language doesn't strike the proper balance between a woman's right to choose and the federal funding fire wall. >> not yet. >> still, abortion is just one of the senate bill's many targets. union workers who traded pay
bret. bret: carl, thanks. we will break down now a couple of specific issues inside this bill for further study. wendell goler looks at two hot button topics, taxes and abortion. >> the gore shon language in the new senate health reform plan is being called a waterloo for pro-life members who don't believe it avoids federal funding of abortion. >> citizens get charged a premium that includes abortion coverage that taxpayers pay a pers he percent of the premium, who can determine...
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bret: this is a fox news alert. in a moment, harry reid is expected to discuss his healthcare reform bill, and also the congressional budget office's price tag that they put on it of $849 billion. as you wait for the senators to walk in here, we are getting news from our producer up there, trish turner, up on capitol hill. she says there have been changes to the senate bill, and they have done some changing to the taxes on the cadillac plans, the high-cost plans, worth $8,500. you see senator reid walking in, also changes to the abortion language. each state will be able to offer one plan that covers abortion and one that does. harry reid surrounded by other democrats on capitol hill. we will listen to this as he rolls out the congressional budget office's score. he just had a private meeting with the democratic caucus on capitol hill. >> we just completed a caucus. we have think it is very good. we acknowledge this legislation is a tremendous step forward. why? because it saves lives, saves money, and protects medi
bret: this is a fox news alert. in a moment, harry reid is expected to discuss his healthcare reform bill, and also the congressional budget office's price tag that they put on it of $849 billion. as you wait for the senators to walk in here, we are getting news from our producer up there, trish turner, up on capitol hill. she says there have been changes to the senate bill, and they have done some changing to the taxes on the cadillac plans, the high-cost plans, worth $8,500. you see senator...
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bret: juan? >> everyone here thinks the color-coded system, now in disgrace, was political, and so, in this situation, when he should have done was say whether he believes it or does not. he does not say that. >> it was stupid. i think tom ridge is especially susceptible to pressure. the other thing that is -- which was going to reveal how he was pressured to connect, and security to the international war on terror. those things were connected it from the beginning -- ridge was going to reveal it. bret: ok, plaxico burress, accepting a plea deal, a two- year sentence, for accidentally shooting himself in the fight -- butthigh in a new york nightclub -- shooting himself in the figh. -- thigh. >> there is one man that is getting a one-day suspension from the nfl. bret: juan? >> he will be under some kind of parole and supervision for this two-year period. i do not know when the nfl will let him back in, but i do not understand what you can kill a man, run him over when you are drunk, and only get 3
bret: juan? >> everyone here thinks the color-coded system, now in disgrace, was political, and so, in this situation, when he should have done was say whether he believes it or does not. he does not say that. >> it was stupid. i think tom ridge is especially susceptible to pressure. the other thing that is -- which was going to reveal how he was pressured to connect, and security to the international war on terror. those things were connected it from the beginning -- ridge was...
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bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you a pakistani military spokesman said nine soldiers have been killed since the offensive against the taliban and al qaeda forces began saturday and people living in that region continue to flee. it is estimated that 150,000 have left in the month leading up to the assault and up to 200,000 more are expected to e evacuate in coming weeks. take a look at this painting, and guess whose house it's going in. we'll tell you a little later. and there is no doubt the administration is still mad at fox news. we'll update the situation and hear from brit hume when we come back. boss:hey, glad i caught you. i was on my way to present ideas about all the discounts we're offering. i've got some catchphrases that'll make these savings even more memorable. gecko: all right... gecko: good driver discounts. now that's the stuff...? boss: how 'bout this? gecko: ...they're the bee's knees? boss: or this? gecko: sir, how 'bout just "fifteen minutes could
bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you a pakistani military spokesman said nine soldiers have been killed since the offensive against the taliban and al qaeda forces began saturday and people living in that region continue to flee. it is estimated that 150,000 have left in the month leading up to the assault and up to 200,000 more are expected to e evacuate in coming weeks. take a look at this painting, and guess whose house it's going in. we'll tell you a little later. and...
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bret: thanks, brit. president obama gets another reason to stick to his teleprompter and new york republicans consider coming down hard on one of their own. @=h bret: and now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. dede scozzafava is set to learn her fate after dropping out of the ace for the 2 3rd congressional seat and endorsing the democrat challenger. the g.o.p. could strip her of her state assembly leadership position. the state minority leader says fundamentally my members are very disappointment with her endorsement of bill owens and aiding him in helping achieve the nancy pelosi healthcare plan in washington. those close to scozzafava say she endured intense pressure from national political forces including the white house. one says, quote, she was sobbing over the phone. scozzafava isn't backing down. she tells the philadelphia enquirer "i know who i am. i voted with my republican leader 95% of the time. i think that's a pretty good percentage." a 23-year-old iranian college student has be
bret: thanks, brit. president obama gets another reason to stick to his teleprompter and new york republicans consider coming down hard on one of their own. @=h bret: and now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. dede scozzafava is set to learn her fate after dropping out of the ace for the 2 3rd congressional seat and endorsing the democrat challenger. the g.o.p. could strip her of her state assembly leadership position. the state minority leader says fundamentally my members are very...
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i'm bret baier. in engaging with the public over healthcare has been a contact sport for members of congress so far this month. today, president obama stepped up to the microphone in new hampshire. senior white house correspondent major garrett has the story. >> they have lined the streets for president obama. >> no government health healthcare! >> both supporters and opponents of national healthcare. >> this is debt! the bill is 1,000 pages. these people haven't even read it. if you read it, you would realize it is pure evil. >> i'm here because i believe in basic human rights and i think that obama has the right idea here and i'm tired of people that don't believe in giving everyone the opportunity to survive. there is no, hike, thing out there for euthanasia or death panels. >> new englanders brought town halls to american democracy today sounded on their interpretation of the facts. mr. obama waded into the conflict, painfully aware his healthcare push divides now more than it unites. >> that's w
i'm bret baier. in engaging with the public over healthcare has been a contact sport for members of congress so far this month. today, president obama stepped up to the microphone in new hampshire. senior white house correspondent major garrett has the story. >> they have lined the streets for president obama. >> no government health healthcare! >> both supporters and opponents of national healthcare. >> this is debt! the bill is 1,000 pages. these people haven't even...
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i'm bret bret. as president obama was preparing to throw out the first pitch for baseball's all-star game tonight, his supreme court nominee got a mix of softballs and brushback pitches during questioning from senators. judge sonia sotomayor handled the topics from abortion to gun rights to her now infamous "wise latina" comment. we have fox team coverage tonight. carl cameron brings us reaction from capitol hill and correspondent shannon bream has an overview of today's session. good evening, shan shannon. >> hi, bret. today was the first chance for sotomayor to answer her critics and to explain that wise latina comment. when given the opportunity, did she really explain it or as some argued, did she simply shift course? i do not believe that any racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> that's what judge sotomayor told judge senators today but it seems in conflict with the line she has uttered "i would hope that a wise latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more
i'm bret bret. as president obama was preparing to throw out the first pitch for baseball's all-star game tonight, his supreme court nominee got a mix of softballs and brushback pitches during questioning from senators. judge sonia sotomayor handled the topics from abortion to gun rights to her now infamous "wise latina" comment. we have fox team coverage tonight. carl cameron brings us reaction from capitol hill and correspondent shannon bream has an overview of today's session. good...
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bret. bret: that's a new one. catherine, thank you. capitol hill police say there will be no pigging out here in washington. there is apparently plenty of fat in the administration's estimate of jobs saved or created by thexxxxxxxx÷r than ever before? well now you can, introducing the new... powerful... lightweight... oreck xl platinum vacuum. anncr: you don't vacuum open floors, you vacuum rooms filled with furniture. anncr: and the xl platinum makes cleaning under, around, and behind them, fast and easy! anncr: and now david oreck has a payment plan that can fit every budget! so, call now and order your new xl platinum and save with his incredible pay-no-interest-ever finance plans! and just for taking advantage of this limited time offer, he'll also send you his versatile, powerful oreck handheld --a $250 value-absolutely free! , but it won't last long, so don't delay-call now! do: hi, i'm david oreck, and this is my new platinum upright vacuum. it's the best upright we have ever built. i want you to try it risk free for 30
bret. bret: that's a new one. catherine, thank you. capitol hill police say there will be no pigging out here in washington. there is apparently plenty of fat in the administration's estimate of jobs saved or created by thexxxxxxxx÷r than ever before? well now you can, introducing the new... powerful... lightweight... oreck xl platinum vacuum. anncr: you don't vacuum open floors, you vacuum rooms filled with furniture. anncr: and the xl platinum makes cleaning under, around, and behind...
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bret. bret: construction of new homes has risen to its high highest level in 7 months, up 3.6 p% in june. applications for building permits oze 8.7%. -- rose 8.7%. the dow gained over 32 points and the s&p 500 fell a third of a point and the nasdaq rose a point and a half. we will tell you about a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative who has a somewhat lavish travel history on the taxpayers' dime, and suicide bombers strike luxury hotels in indonesia. [ female announcer ] which new product do women think is best? according to a study presented by better homes and gardens, definity color recapture. it corrects the look of wrinkles and discoloration. 50,000 voters. one brilliant winner. bret: suicide bombers attacked two hotels in jack carta, indonesia, and the bombings come as hillary clinton was in mumbai, india, the site of the attack last year. james rosen is traveling with the secretary. >> a security camera inside the j.w. marriott hotel in gentleman carta captured these im-- in jakarta
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bret. bret: shannon bream live at the supreme court. now let's get reaction from capitol hill and chief political correspondent carl cameron. carl, any real surprises today? >> not particularly, bret. the pan many broke down pretty much along party lines, but there was a great deal of discussion not just about judge sotomayor, but obviously about president obama, and his assertion both as a candidate and as president that he wants judges to have empathy, suggesting that there is some level of subjective opinions, feelings, emotions, behavior and experience that could ultimately affect judging that. came up time and time again. jeff sessions, the ranking republican from alabama really laid down the line. here is a little sampling of that. >> call it empathy. call it prejudice. call it sympathy. whatever it is, it is not law. in truth, it is more akin to politics and politics has no place in the courtroom. >> politics has an awful lot of place in the confirmation room, however, and jeff sessions is likely to go back as well as the republi
bret. bret: shannon bream live at the supreme court. now let's get reaction from capitol hill and chief political correspondent carl cameron. carl, any real surprises today? >> not particularly, bret. the pan many broke down pretty much along party lines, but there was a great deal of discussion not just about judge sotomayor, but obviously about president obama, and his assertion both as a candidate and as president that he wants judges to have empathy, suggesting that there is some...
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bret. the p president will be talking tonight to people who already have health insurance. he won't be focused so much on the moral imperatives of covering people who do not. remarks in the president's opening statement released a couple moments ago, one of his lines "if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits." the president's aides believe that republican calls to slow the process down are really efforts to kill the health reform process, and they're telling reluctant democrats they can iron out differences later. >> even if they pass on the floors of the house and senate, there's still a lot of work to be done before this is done. >> but the shrinking public support for the president's handling of healthcare reform and the growing push in congress to slow things down are reminders of the clinton administration's health reform failure, according to the university of virginia larry sabato. >> president obama has to rewrite the clinton script and he has to
bret. the p president will be talking tonight to people who already have health insurance. he won't be focused so much on the moral imperatives of covering people who do not. remarks in the president's opening statement released a couple moments ago, one of his lines "if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits." the president's aides believe that republican calls to slow the process down are really efforts to kill the health reform process, and...
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i'm bret baier. the stage is set for one last vote on the senate healthcare reform bill, but the republicans ' last realistic chance of stopping it or slowing it down evaporated this afternoon, despite negative news about the legislation's cost. chief washington correspondent jim angle has today's action on capitol capitol hill. >> the democratic leaders fended off last-minute challenges from republicans, then after a 60-vote margin to proceed to the final bill thursday morning, democrats appeared to celebrate a few hours in advance. >> we stand a few short steps from the most significant finish line we have had in congress for many decades. >> today is a victory. a victory for american families, a victory for small business owners, a victory for our economy and for the american economy for generations to come. >> there is little republicans can do at this point to prevent passage of the bill but they got a boost from the congressional budget office that said in so many words the bill could increase
i'm bret baier. the stage is set for one last vote on the senate healthcare reform bill, but the republicans ' last realistic chance of stopping it or slowing it down evaporated this afternoon, despite negative news about the legislation's cost. chief washington correspondent jim angle has today's action on capitol capitol hill. >> the democratic leaders fended off last-minute challenges from republicans, then after a 60-vote margin to proceed to the final bill thursday morning, democrats...
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bret. bret: major, thank you. an aide to new jersey democratic governor jon corzine reportedly told department heads to come up with events to showcase job creation even if that is a stretch. a newark newspaper obtained an e-mail with the instruction. a corzine spokesman says the effort has nothing to do with the governor's tight re-election battle with republican chris christie. meanwhile, travel records show christie regularly spent beyond federal guidelines while works as a federal prosecutor. christie responds that's traveling that he stayed under the limbs whenever possible. carl cameron will profile the governor's race in new jersey thursday. well, the justice department is reportedly considering a criminal probe into the relationship between nevada republican senator john ensign and the husband of his former mistress. ensign has admitted having an affair with a former staff member and helping the woman's husband find a lobbying job. an ensign spokeswoman tells the politico that the senator believes he has f
bret. bret: major, thank you. an aide to new jersey democratic governor jon corzine reportedly told department heads to come up with events to showcase job creation even if that is a stretch. a newark newspaper obtained an e-mail with the instruction. a corzine spokesman says the effort has nothing to do with the governor's tight re-election battle with republican chris christie. meanwhile, travel records show christie regularly spent beyond federal guidelines while works as a federal...
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bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you a pakistani military spokesman said nine soldiers have been killed since the offensive against the taliban and al qaeda forces began saturday and people living in that region continue to flee. it is estimated that 150,000 have left in the month leading up to the assault and up to 200,000 more are expected to e evacuate in coming weeks. take a look at this painting, and guess whose house it's going in. we'll tell you a little later. and there is no doubt the administration is still mad at fox news. we'll update the situation and hear from brit hume when we come the sixties were all about freedom. ♪ and now in my sixties, they are again. grandpa, are we there yet? i have the freedom to do what i want... and go where i want. grandpa, come on! freedom is what i like about my medicare supplement insurance. i can see the doctor i want, where i want, anywhere in the country. now your sixties can be a time of freedom again... with aarp me
bret. bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon. thank you a pakistani military spokesman said nine soldiers have been killed since the offensive against the taliban and al qaeda forces began saturday and people living in that region continue to flee. it is estimated that 150,000 have left in the month leading up to the assault and up to 200,000 more are expected to e evacuate in coming weeks. take a look at this painting, and guess whose house it's going in. we'll tell you a little later. and...
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i'm bret baier. the version of healthcare reform that has received the most attention today received the votes to move forward. the senate finance committee gave a thumbs up to the so-called baucus bill, but that's just the first hurdle. jim angle has the story from capitol hill. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> the celebration was for senator maria cant well's birthday but max baucus had more to celebrate because he managed to win a single republican vote for his healthcare reform bill, giving it the veneer of bipartisanship. >> i say my vote today is my vote today. it doesn't forecast what my vote will be tomorrow. >> snowe was careful because once the bill leaves the committee it lass a rocky road to the senate floor and has to be melded with a liberal bill from another senate committee which includes a government-run plan, and one senator told fox today, democrats will try again on that. >> when we get to the floor, we're going to try to get that public option, and we're going to try to tighten up
i'm bret baier. the version of healthcare reform that has received the most attention today received the votes to move forward. the senate finance committee gave a thumbs up to the so-called baucus bill, but that's just the first hurdle. jim angle has the story from capitol hill. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> the celebration was for senator maria cant well's birthday but max baucus had more to celebrate because he managed to win a single republican vote for his healthcare reform...
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bret. bret: catherine, thank you. the democratic may quors of three new jersey cities, two state legislators and several abbeys have been arrested into a money laundering ring. 44 people were taken into custody. federal prosecutors say the group trafficed in items ranging from fake designer handbags to human organs. republicans on the house oversight committee are accusing the voting registration group known as acorn of tax evasion, obstruction of justice, racketeering and investment fraud. the report characterizes acorn as a criminal enterprise. it says acorn illegally tried to further a political agenda, giving money and personnel services to then candidate obama, along with that illinois governor rod what goy sich and current ohio senator sherrod brown, all democrats. acorn is attacking the report as a partisan attack job. so who are the millions of uninsured americans? we will have answers a bit later, and hillary clinton talks to our own james rosen about north core requarks the c.i.a. and her own political futur
bret. bret: catherine, thank you. the democratic may quors of three new jersey cities, two state legislators and several abbeys have been arrested into a money laundering ring. 44 people were taken into custody. federal prosecutors say the group trafficed in items ranging from fake designer handbags to human organs. republicans on the house oversight committee are accusing the voting registration group known as acorn of tax evasion, obstruction of justice, racketeering and investment fraud. the...
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i'm bret baier. president obama is set to retool his healthcare reform plans, that from senior white house officials faced with nearly united opposition from the right and fire from the left for not advocating more strongly for a government-run insurance option. senior aides say the president will reframe his message with another address to congress. senior white house correspondent major garrett explains. >> president obama fled washington for a long weekend with his family at camp david. he will address a joint session of congress a week from tonight. the topic, healthcare. the goal, revive flagging public support and reassure anxious democrats. top democrats say the president will tie his push for reform to the passing of senator edward kennedy. white house officials also promised more precision from mr. obama, sharper lines about what is and what is not acceptable in a final package, but is a speech really what's been missing? some democrats aren't so sure. >> i think he is out of touch with what
i'm bret baier. president obama is set to retool his healthcare reform plans, that from senior white house officials faced with nearly united opposition from the right and fire from the left for not advocating more strongly for a government-run insurance option. senior aides say the president will reframe his message with another address to congress. senior white house correspondent major garrett explains. >> president obama fled washington for a long weekend with his family at camp...
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i'm bret baier. both the white house and the head of the republican party seem to be on the same page, that the outcomes of tuesday's elections do not con stiewlts a repudiation of the president but for white house officials talking about victories by republican gubernatorial candidates was an unpleasant way to celebrate the first anniversary of president obama's election. senior white house correspondent major garrett begins america's election headquarters coverage. >> president obama talked education in madison, wisconsin, but said nothing about election results that propelled republicans to victory in governors' races in new jersey and virginia. he also said nothing about the democratic victory and the special house election in upstate new york, but it was that triumph in new york's 23rd congressional district that senior advisor david axelrod seized upon in an interview with fox. >> the new york 23 race was the one race that was really a microcosm of the national debate. the other races in jersey
i'm bret baier. both the white house and the head of the republican party seem to be on the same page, that the outcomes of tuesday's elections do not con stiewlts a repudiation of the president but for white house officials talking about victories by republican gubernatorial candidates was an unpleasant way to celebrate the first anniversary of president obama's election. senior white house correspondent major garrett begins america's election headquarters coverage. >> president obama...
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bret. bret: jim, thank you. well, the issue of race has come up repeatedly in the weeks since wilson shouted out his accusation, but correspondent james rosen reports, it's a topic that has been in the public conversation for some time now. the race card started flying when new york governor david paterson claimed in a radio interview last month that he and other prominent african-american politicians are being judged by the color of their skin. >> i submit that the same kind of treatment that deval patrick is receiving in massachusetts and i'm receiving that we are not in the post racial period, and the reality is that the next victim on the list and you see it coming, is president barack obama. >> soon after that came congresswoman diane watson of california, also a democrat. >> they are spreading fear and they're trying to see that the first president who looks me fails. >> then the democrat from harlem, congressman charlie rangel who said in new york on september 2 "some americans have not getten over the fa
bret. bret: jim, thank you. well, the issue of race has come up repeatedly in the weeks since wilson shouted out his accusation, but correspondent james rosen reports, it's a topic that has been in the public conversation for some time now. the race card started flying when new york governor david paterson claimed in a radio interview last month that he and other prominent african-american politicians are being judged by the color of their skin. >> i submit that the same kind of treatment...
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bret. bret: ok, carl. thanks. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is defending her selection of the administration's point person on tort reform, medical malpractice reform. sebelius was director of the kansas state trial lawyers association for eight years. trial lawyers have fought tort reform for decades, but seb sebelius doesn't see a conflict. >> i think i'm just the p person to do it, because i think i understand the system of litigation understand. i understand that we want to, as the president has always said, compensate injured victims, but the defense of medicine is not helpful to the overall cost of the system. the best opportunity is to raise the quality of care and lower medical errors, so there are lots of strategies we can put in place. >> republicans are asking the white house to end all funding for and government ties to the voter registration group known as acorn. they are also pushing for a federal investigation to add to the many state probes already underway. this comes in th
bret. bret: ok, carl. thanks. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is defending her selection of the administration's point person on tort reform, medical malpractice reform. sebelius was director of the kansas state trial lawyers association for eight years. trial lawyers have fought tort reform for decades, but seb sebelius doesn't see a conflict. >> i think i'm just the p person to do it, because i think i understand the system of litigation understand. i understand...
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i'm bret bret. if president obama does not get his moch coveted healthcare reform legislation by the august congressional recess, he won't have republicans to blame. democrats, congressional accountants and the public are all voicing serious reservations about the primary hangup -- how to pay for t senior white house correspondent major garrett has today's skirmishes in the battle over the big bucks. >> the top senate democrat in charge of finding a way to pay for national healthcare reform snapped under white house pressure to produce a bill. >> the president is not helping us. he does not want the exclusion. that is making it difficult. >> exclusion means taxing healthcare benefits, something candidate obama campaigned against. the white house has been coy about raising these taxes but the president has now apparently ruled them out completely, leaving a gaping funding hole in the senate bill. >> with the tax exclusion off the table, it is difficult to come up with revenue measures and other savin
i'm bret bret. if president obama does not get his moch coveted healthcare reform legislation by the august congressional recess, he won't have republicans to blame. democrats, congressional accountants and the public are all voicing serious reservations about the primary hangup -- how to pay for t senior white house correspondent major garrett has today's skirmishes in the battle over the big bucks. >> the top senate democrat in charge of finding a way to pay for national healthcare...
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bret. bret: thank you. a colorado man with alleged ties to a plot to bomb new york city subways has told the f.b.i. he does have ties to al qaeda. he had earlier denied any such relationship. zasi is the central figure in the probe that led to police raids monday. a source told fox news he changed his story this morning and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge. half a world away from here, we saw another reminder of just how vitriolic iran's president is, and just how strong the effort to remove him remains. correspondent amy kellogg reports on a special day inside iran that did not go according to plan. >> the iranian crowds on jerusalem day, traditionally come out to shut anti-israel slogans. many are bussed in. it is usually a fairly scripted government-sponsored event but this day was different. the majority of people who took to the streets were demanding democracy. they crept into the space of a regime-sponsored march to express a variety of geoffances. it was against this background
bret. bret: thank you. a colorado man with alleged ties to a plot to bomb new york city subways has told the f.b.i. he does have ties to al qaeda. he had earlier denied any such relationship. zasi is the central figure in the probe that led to police raids monday. a source told fox news he changed his story this morning and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge. half a world away from here, we saw another reminder of just how vitriolic iran's president is, and just how strong...
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bret. bret: this could be the real battle. wendell, thanks. the quest to find revenue to pay for healthcare reform has sparked all kinds of possibilities. correspondent shannon bream explains a proposed tax on very expensive insurance policies. >> the so-called cadillac health insurance plans come with hefty price tags and generally don't call for a co-pay and allow the insured to see any doctor they like, but the insurers who provide those top tier plans could be in the crosshairs of senators looking to find revenue to offset the cost of healthcare reform. >> we were talking about capping the tax exclusion at $25,000, which means any insurance product over $25,000, that was worth close to $100 billion over ten years, so it is real money. >> how much revenue would this excise tax really raise? some experts estimate less than one half of 1% of all americans with healthcare coverage have plans of premiums of $25,000 or more. >> we don't seem to know how many people have cadillac plans or even very high-cost plans, but we don't think there are ve
bret. bret: this could be the real battle. wendell, thanks. the quest to find revenue to pay for healthcare reform has sparked all kinds of possibilities. correspondent shannon bream explains a proposed tax on very expensive insurance policies. >> the so-called cadillac health insurance plans come with hefty price tags and generally don't call for a co-pay and allow the insured to see any doctor they like, but the insurers who provide those top tier plans could be in the crosshairs of...
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i'm bret baier. the police officer at the center of this month's racially-charged controversy in cambridge, massachusetts was back at work today. also today, the voice of sergeant james crowley was heard as his confrontation with a black harvard professor was playing out. correspondent molly line reports on the tale told by the just-released police tapes. >> saying they wanted to dispel any lingering doubts about what happened in the arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates, cambridge officials an police today released the recordings of the radio transmissions of officers responding to the scene after this 911 call. >> they are using their shoulder to try to barge in. >> the caller describes two men forcing their way into a home, gates and his driver who, returned from a trip to find themselves locked out. the 911 call revealed the caller never mentioned race until prompted by the dispatcher. >> and what did you see? >> two larger men, one looked hispanic but i'm not sure. >> the arrest that fol
i'm bret baier. the police officer at the center of this month's racially-charged controversy in cambridge, massachusetts was back at work today. also today, the voice of sergeant james crowley was heard as his confrontation with a black harvard professor was playing out. correspondent molly line reports on the tale told by the just-released police tapes. >> saying they wanted to dispel any lingering doubts about what happened in the arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates,...
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i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward kennedy became the surrogate patriarch of a political dynasty, his life a series of triumphs an losses, all positions prominently in the public eye. he was the youngest of nine children, and by the early 1960's, the kennedy family had become american royalty. john was president. bobby, attorney general, and teddy, as he was affectionately called, was elected to the u.s. senate. assassins' bullets stole john and bobby away, leaving him al hone to shoulder the burden of a grieving family. >> those of us who loved him and have t
i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward...
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i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters, president obama accused republicans of plotting their return to power through the graveyard of healthcare reform. >> early on, a decision was made by the republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory. maybe we can have a replay of 1993, '94 when clinton came in. he failed on healthcare and then we won in the midterm elections and got the majority. later when talking to organizing for america loyalists, mr. obama said three senate loyalists may help negotiate a healthcare deal but he won't wait much
i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters,...